Ireland

Beleaguered Irish environment minister Alan Kelly has been banging the drum for Irish Water - currently at the centre of a huge furore over the introduction of water charges.

Galway developers the Comer brothers have announced plans to invest €1.5 billion in developing 3,000 homes, manufacturing space and a science park on land between Dublin Airport and the M50 motorway.

Members of Kildare County Council have snubbed an intervention by Ireland's environment minister Alan Kelly and voted in favour of a change to the county development plan which would require strict separation distances between homes and pylons....

The government’s latest Budget, just unveiled, included a commitment that €2.2 billion will be invested in social housing over the next three years, with 2,500 new homes targeted for delivery next year.